Dirty Static Problems

Eskilson turned to SIMCO Industrial Static Control and the company's PerforMAX 3 Static Control system with a Blue Bar. Immediately, operators stopped getting shocked and sheet production got easier. Eskilson says the increased performance to the units' ability to emit ionization effects further from the bar, up to 15˝, he said. "It works well with the roll work we're doing," he added. "And we don't have blue flames coming off the machines giving operators jolts. We had static charges of 20 kV or greater. Now, it's gone down to practically nothing."